Ultraventilated oven dripping pan



May 1, 1945- R. HOWARD 2,374,749

ULTRA-VENTILATED OVEN DRIPPING PAN Filed May 22, 1943 ATTORN EY Patented May 1, 1945 UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE ULTRAVENTILATED ovEN DRIPPING PAN Richard Howard, Los Angeles, Calif. Application May 22, 1943, serial No. 488,011

8 Claims.

This invention concerns heating devices for all kinds of cooking utensils, pans, pots, and the like used in cooking foods o r any other kind of substances. Regardless of where or how the invention is employed, it is designed and arranged so as to catch all the drippings from the cooking utensil and retain them in a manner so that they will not stick to the cooking device, and thedevice is also arranged so that the utmost advantage is obtained from the heat by directing the heat uniformly on all sides of the cooking utensil. Means are combined with the inventive device for centering the cooking utensil thereon which eliminates all guess work for obtaining the optimum of direct heat advantages.

By taking full advantage of all the benets of this invention, the heat oven, or any other part of the stove where this invention is employed, will remain clean and not be littered and spotted with grease and other overows from the cooking utensil, for the drip catcher will retainall the drippings and prevent them from being burnt. A water trough is employed to retain the drippings in a liquid or plastic state so that the drippings will not burn or cause any smoke whatsoever,

The device of this invention keeps a consistent and unblocked heat owing up and all around any size -`baking dish used on it with but the very least possible loss of the heats intensity. To gain this service, many vents land ways are provided to channel the heat through the dripper device. All the direct heat in the stoves oven is utilized because of the fact that the heat is unblocked and remains at a more uniform level temperature. The device has numerous open parts to let the heat flow throughl it in great volume when large or small dishes are rested upon it. The device has many small heat vents that circle the under edge of the removable parts and this keeps the heat flowing consistently through the dripper device, when any or all the removable parts are in use. By raising the center covering cap with the aid of legs, another way is provided to let the heat lowfreely through and between them, to rise up and `flow around the baking dish by adding more heat freedom within the oven.A This inventive device does not interfere with the ovens heat ow or freedom to any great extent. In that way the device matches up with the finer baking results obtained in todays modern and high tested range known and advertised as Certiile'd Performance. The same principles of this invention will be beneficial to the cook who uses the electric range.

One ofthe principal objects of this invention is to present a new and novel heat distributing unit or device that guides and directs the heat of the stove or range in a manner that the heat is evenly dispersed to all sides of the cooking utensil so as to give `an even cook and/or bake to the substance being heated,

Another object is to provide an improved heat distributing device combined with a means for catching the drippings from a cooking utensil, the device being simple and sturdyin construction, easy to handle and understand, and economical'to manufacture.

Other objects, advantages and features oimy invention will appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description, the

preamble of these specifications and the appended claims. f Applicant is about to illustrate and describe one of the forms of his invention in order to teach one howto make, and use the same, but

it is to be understood that the drawing and description thereof are not to limit theinvention in any sense whatsoever, except as limited by the appended claims.

In the drawing: i Fig, 1 is a vertical view of the invention, part thereof being 'shown in elevation and part in` section.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1 on a smaller scale, with the `pot thereon removed, part of the figure being broken away.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a part ci the inventive device, and

Fig. 4 is also an elevational view of a part of thedevice,

The reference character I indicates a shelf of suitable metal, and die stamped so as to form the neat conical opening ,'l through which the` hot gases of an oven can freely pass.

Overthe base pan 2 is nested a plurality `of `annular frames or deflectors; .sinceA in this par..

ticular illustration only three of'the frames are used, the bottom one is indicated as 8, the intermediate one as 9, and the top one as I0. These frames are all nested in a manner that they guidethe rising heat from the stove shelf directly to the cooking utensil, for instance, the potl I I, and

` in the trough. The inner perimeter lll'forms an opening which cooperates with the other elements of the device to form the updraft flue I5. This frame 8 is supported on the top edge of the pan wall 3 by the spaced'apart 1in-like legs VIi,all of which have their -lowermost ends notched 'to receive the top edge `of the wall 3 as shown.

' Ordinarily, only four of the legs I 6 would be used so as to give the frame stability. In the top surface of the frame 8 are a Aplurality vof spaced apartsemi-spherical recessesfor dowel-pin seats Il,A four in number which are .designed to receive the semi-spherical feet or dowel-likep'ins I8 'of the frame 9 and support same above theframe 8, Fixed to the frame 8, Ajust above each leg I6, is a 1in-like -metallic plate I9, `which terminates at the top thereof into a' straight edge 2B.

Resting upon the frame 8, is the intermediate k frame 9 which has the under curved and over curved surfaces like I2 and I3 of frame 8. The inner perimeter 2| of framev 9 forms an opening which continues the channel of the conically shaped flue I5. This frame 9 also has the Yrecessed portions II to receive the feet'yor dowel-like pins I8 of the frame 10. Like frame 8, the frame 5i has a plurality of iin-like plates 22 spaced around the top surface of the frame vand fixed thereto.

The top edges of these plates k22 are straight; and in alinement with the top edges of the plates The top frame Il) also has'under "and'over curved surfaces I2 and I3 like frames '8 and. 9,

andan inner perimeter` 23 which forms 'the' boundary for the opening, therein to complete the flue I5. A plurality of fin-like plates '24 are xed to the top surface of the -frame I and spaced apart around the '.top thereof, the straight top edges of theplates 2t being in alinement with the top edges of the plates I9 and 22. By this arrangement of all the plates, thettop edges thereof form a large cross to supportvarious sizes of pots, pans, etc. In order to aid ,one in centering the pans and Vpots lupon `the device, a series of numbers are employed These numbers are impressed or formed intothe metal of the tops vof ythe plates, as shown in Fig. 2, so that, for instance, when a four inch pot is placed upon the top of the platesIS, 22 and 2, or pot rest,v

the sides of the pot'should be at the four in c'h markings all around the pot rest. The numbers are shown only as Lhigh as 14 Vinches as it isnot common to use pots `having a diameter greater than 14 inches; The bottom edge of each .frame is provided with serrations, or aseries of notches or the like 25, so that heated air can escape from the central frustoco'nic'al air passage land rise along the outer surfaces of the device. These .numerals vare 1/2 iin, apart las -the'y count back from the center of the devicerand across to the outer edge of the trough. The lay-out of this measurement will be as an airline measurement and ther 'numerals will be affixed to the dripper in four linesk vfrom the center opening thereof to its trough edge in the form of a cross as shown in Fig. 2. All dishes'and pans placed on the device -are centered perfectly by the numeral arrangement and the exact size of the dishes or pans is revealed at once by followingwith ones eye just where theedge of the dish, bottom edge, rests over the numerals. A seven inch dish spanning to the 'Zs marked on the fins, or a ten inch dish spanning to the lOs on Athe ns,r. would be a quick guide, allowing a quick calculation, in iinding a dishs size and would be especially helpful to housewives to enable them to .familiarize themselves as to the size and volumes of each dish and thus learn the number of serving portions in each dish that can be used upon the ldevice of this. invention. l

The Figures 3 and l of the 'drawing are arranged one over ythe other in order to illustrate how the drippings or overflows from the cooking utensils will fall into the'trou-gh water 26 and not onto any of the hot parts of the stove. When the drippings fall into the hot ywater, they are retained by this water in a liquid or plastic state yandl will not burn so as to cause soot vand smoke. Water evaporating from this water trough moistens the oven atmosphere, when the device is confined in any oven, and thus Ylessens the drying effect Aof the oven heat upon the contents being cooked in the utensil upon the device.

Itis, of course, understood that various changes and modi-cations may bey made in the details of construction' and design. of the 'above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing 4from' the spirit there-. of, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims:

Having thus described lmy invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

I claim: y

1.` A device for supporting cooking utensils and the like comprising a pan with a liquid receiving trough and having means therein to allow hot gases -to pass upwardly therethrough, and supporting means at the top'o'f the pan to provide a rest forthe utensils, said supporting means comprising a series of superimposed reticulated elements having upstanding fins, the top edges of which form alevel pan rest.

2. The device recited in claim l wherein the pan is shaped to provide an annularly configurated trough with a. conically shaped opening at the center thereof, said trough'extending on all sides of thedevicebeyond the ends of rall said fins.

3. A utensil supporting *device for use over a heated area, the device lcomprising an annular pan with a central air channel therethroughan annular collar-like frame having lspaced apart legs thereunder which'rest on the top :of the pan in verticalspaced' relation therewith, an air channel inthe. central portion ofthe frame, and si1ni lar collar-like frames superposed upon the first mentioned frame, and upstanding pot `s u-pporting means. on each frame and .unattached to each other. v v I 4,'The device recited in claim .Bfwherein .the pot supporting means havetheir `top edges in alinement and form a cross so that the pot supsupporting means at the top of the pan to provide a rest for the utensils, said supporting means comprising a plurality of superposed removable frames having central openings therein, a plurality of upstanding supporting means fixed to each of the'frames and alined to form a dependcomprising a plurality of superposed removable frames having central openings therein, a plurality of upstanding supporting vmeans fixed to Ato the top thereof.

each of `the frames and alined to form a dependable rest at the tip thereof for cooking utensils and the like, a series of numbers on the top edges of the upstancling supporting means and` along the inner surfaces of the trough, all in alinement, said numbersA being in consecutive order `and radiating device.

7. A device for supporting cooking utensils and the like comprising a pan with a liquid receiving trough and means therein to allow hot gases to pass upwardly therethrough, and supporting means at the top of the pan to provide a rest for the utensils, said supporting means comprising a series. of superimposed reticulatedirames having pan-supportingfns, each frame having a different; size and arranged in step formation.

8. The device `recited in claim 7 wherein all the frames are identically congurated and each one thereof has a large opening passing through the center thereof to allow free unobstructed and direct heat to rise from the bottom of the device RICHARD HOWARD.

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